I have been battling yeast infections increasingly over the past few years. I am now in a very good relationship where I want very much to be intimate. The problem is that each time I think the infection is cleared up, it comes back. When it's clear, sex is very enjoyable with no pain, we can even enjoy this multiple times per day. When I'm having a bout with an infection though, sex is painful, but just superficially...it feels as if there is some tearing. It stings a little and there is usually some blood smear on the sheets (embarrasing!) afterward. Again, no inner pain at all.

I've tried everything except going off the pill and going to a sugar-free diet to attack the chronic infections. I now take 20 billion cfu per day of an expensive probiotic blend and use Rephresh every 3 days. I'm going off the pill when this pack is finished to see if that fixes the problem, but in the meantime sex is still painful. I'm just so embarrassed and frustrated at this point! I've treated for an infection four times in 6 months...with prescriptions, not OTC because it doesn't work on the strain I get. I would think it's normal except that when it's all clear, there's no discharge and no pain or bleeding with sex, so I'm pretty sure that is what's normal, not the other.

I'm afraid to go back to my gyno lest she think I'm just crazy, but I feel like my vagina is on my mind 24/7. I just want to get normal and stay normal. Please help!